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Bittern - Botaurus stellaris

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jerryh Officer of the Wild Empire Registered: February 2006 Posts: 522	Westwood Marsh, Walberswick, Suffolk 13/05/2006, 06:43 This is the most interesting of my recordings from my weekend on the Suffolk coast, although it's not the best technically. Is the croaking a Bittern? Is the booming a flying bird? I'll start a thread on the forum to explain...
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Ollie
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Registered: February 2006
Location: Small North Lincolnshire village
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Fri May 19, 2006 4:52pm

I have seen a couple of Bitterns in the past but hearing the song is a first for me, and I would think many others also.
Thanks for sharing
Roger.

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jerryh
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Fri May 19, 2006 4:56pm

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Originally Posted by Ollie

I have seen a couple of Bitterns in the past but hearing the song is a first for me, and I would think many others also.
Thanks for sharing
Roger.

Thanks, Roger.
I've just posted some comments about this recording in a thread on the forum.
http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/fo...html#post20716

Jerry

Beryl
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Registered: March 2006
Location: Exmouth Devon
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Thu August 24, 2006 12:23pm

Good sound.
I have never seen thes birds let alone heard them.

Happibun
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Registered: June 2007
Location: Lincolnshire
Posts: 18

Sat June 2, 2007 6:00pm

Bitterns sound just like someone blowing over the top of a milk bottle, it's an uncanny sound. The first time I heard it I thought someone was playing a practical joke.

I was listening to one today at Far Ings on the Humber. Just one low note repeated at intervals three to six times. Perhaps you have a pair of males calling out in your recording?

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